JP6222860B1 - Elevator group management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator group management apparatus capable of registering a plurality of hall calls having the same contents by a simple operation in a building where a plurality of elevators are group-managed. According to an embodiment, a group management device manages a plurality of elevators in a building and is connected to hall call buttons installed on each floor of the building. The group management device responds to the first hall call registered by the operation of the hall call button in the predetermined direction on the predetermined floor and responds to the first elevator of the plurality of elevators. When a predetermined operation is performed on a hall call button in a predetermined direction on the predetermined floor while the car is landing on the predetermined floor and opened, a second hall call relating to the predetermined direction on the predetermined floor is made. Register and respond to the second hall call with a second elevator different from the first elevator. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator group management apparatus.

  Conventionally, in a system for managing a plurality of elevators, when a hall call button installed in an elevator hall is operated, a hall call is registered, and a car responding to the hall call is assigned from the plurality of elevators. . By performing group management in this way, it is possible to respond to the car that arrives at the floor first, in response to the generated hall call, and to reduce the waiting time of the user.

JP 2011-195280 A

  As described above, in an elevator system that performs group management, only one hall call for a predetermined direction on a predetermined floor can be registered. In other words, a new hall call with the same contents will be required until the hall call registration is cleared when the car responding to the registered hall call arrives at the corresponding hall and opens and then opens and closes. Cannot be registered. Therefore, even if there are already many passengers in the car that has arrived at the hall and opened, even if you want to register a new hall call to call another car, the car will be closed until you leave. The user had to wait for the hall call operation, and there was a problem that the user might feel inconvenient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in an elevator group management apparatus capable of registering a plurality of hall calls having the same contents with a simple operation in a building where a plurality of elevators are group-managed. For the purpose of provision.

According to the embodiment for achieving the above object, the group management device manages a plurality of elevators in a building and is connected to hall call buttons installed on each floor of the building. The group management device responds to the first elevator in the plurality of elevators in response to the first hall call registered by operating the hall call button in the predetermined direction row on the predetermined floor, and the first elevator When a predetermined operation different from a normal short press operation is performed on a hall call button in a predetermined direction row on the predetermined floor while the car is landing on the predetermined floor and opened , the predetermined register the call second hole in a predetermined direction row in the floor, the relative second hall call, the first elevator to respond to different second elevator.

The whole figure which shows the structure of the elevator system using the group management apparatus by 1st and 2nd embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the group management apparatus by 1st Embodiment. The whole figure which shows the structure of the elevator system using the group management apparatus by 3rd Embodiment. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the group management apparatus by 3rd Embodiment.

<< First Embodiment >>
<Configuration of Elevator System Using Group Management Device according to First Embodiment>
A configuration of an elevator system using the group management apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 A of elevator systems by this embodiment are the 1st elevator 10 and the 2nd elevator 20 which were installed in the building of 4 stories, The group management apparatus 30 which carries out group management of these 1st elevator 10 and 2nd elevator 20, and Is provided. The first elevator 10 and the second elevator 20 are respectively installed in the elevators 11 and 12 for the elevators 11 and 12 that move up and down in the hoistway and the elevator halls on the first to fourth floors of the building. To 13-4, 23-1 to 23-4, and a first elevator control device 12 and a second elevator control device 22 installed in a machine room or the like above the hoistway and connected to the cars 11 and 12, respectively. Have. The first floor hall operation panels 13-1 and 23-1 are provided with upward call buttons 131-1 and 231-1, respectively, and the second floor hall operation panels 13-2 and 23-2 are respectively provided with upper buttons. Direction call buttons 131-2 and 231-2 and down direction call buttons 132-2 and 232-2 are provided. The hall operation panels 13-3 and 23-3 on the third floor are respectively provided with up direction call buttons 131-3. , 231-3 and down direction call buttons 132-3 and 232-3, and down direction call buttons 131-4 and 231-4 are provided on the fourth floor hall operation panels 13-4 and 23-4, respectively. It has been.

  The group management device 30 includes an operation status information acquisition unit 31, a hall call registration unit 32, and a car assignment control unit 33. The operation status information acquisition unit 31 acquires the operation status information of the first elevator 10 from the first elevator control device 12 and acquires the operation status information of the second elevator 20 from the second elevator control device 22. The hall call registration unit 32 acquires call button operation information from the hall operation panels 13-1 to 13-4 and 23-1 to 23-4 of each floor, and registers the hall call of the corresponding floor and direction. . When the hall call is registered in the hall call registration unit 32, the car assignment control unit 33 assigns a car to respond to the hall call and transmits a response command to the elevator control device corresponding to the assigned car.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Group Management Device According to First Embodiment>
Next, as an example of the operation of the elevator system 1A according to the present embodiment, a case where a downward landing call operation is performed by the user at the elevator hall on the third floor of the building will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. . During operation of the elevator system 1 </ b> A in the present embodiment, the operating state information of the equipment in the first elevator 10 controlled by the first elevator control device 12 and the inside of the second elevator 20 controlled by the second elevator control device 22. The operation status information of the device is acquired by the operation status information acquisition unit 31 of the group management device 30 at predetermined time intervals.

  When the user operates the downward call button 132-3 on the third floor hall operation panel 13-3 in a state where the operation status information of each elevator is acquired by the group management device 30, the hall operation panel 13-3 Operation information indicating the operation is generated and transmitted to the group management apparatus 30.

  In the group management device 30, the operation information of the downward call button 132-3 transmitted from the hall operation panel 13-3 is acquired by the hall call registration unit 32 (“YES” in S1). In the hall call registration unit 32, a hall call in the third floor downward direction (first hall call) is registered based on the acquired operation information. When the first hall call is registered in the hall call registration unit 32, the down call button 132-3 on the third floor hall operation panel 13-3 and the down call button 232-3 on the hall operation panel 23-3. Is turned on (S2).

  Next, the car assignment control unit 33 assigns a car to respond to the first hall call registered in the hall call registration unit 32. Here, it is assumed that the car 11 of the first elevator 10 is assigned. When the car 11 is assigned as a response car, a response instruction for the first hall call is generated and transmitted to the corresponding first elevator control device 12 (S3).

  In the first elevator control device 12, the first elevator 10 is controlled based on the response instruction transmitted from the group management device 30, and the car 11 is landed on the third floor where the hall call is generated and the door is opened. (S4). When the car 11 lands on the third floor, the lower direction call buttons 132-3 and 232-3 that have been lit are turned off (S <b> 5), but the first hall call is the landing of the car 11. The state registered in the hall call registration unit 32 is maintained. If the normal operation (short press operation within a predetermined time) is performed again at the third floor downward call button 132-3 or 232-3 while the car 11 is opened, the door opening time is extended. If a normal operation is performed during the door closing operation, the door is opened again ("YES" in S6, S7).

  Here, when the car 11 is opened on the third floor, the inside of the car 11 is crowded and the user who operated the first hall call gives up getting in, and the third floor down call button In 132-3 or 232-3, when a long press operation (a press operation exceeding a predetermined time) which is a predetermined operation set in advance is performed, long press operation information is generated in the hall operation panel 13-3, and the group management device 30.

  In the group management device 30, the hall call registration unit 32 acquires the long press operation information of the downward call button 132-3 on the third floor transmitted from the hall operation panel 13-3 (“YES” in S8). The hall call registration unit 32 normally registers only one hall call in a given direction on a given floor. However, when a call button on the same floor and in the same direction as a previously registered hall call is pressed for a long time, an exception is given. A second hall call for floor and direction is registered. Here, although the registration of the first hall call is still maintained in the hall call registration unit 32 regarding the downward direction of the third floor, the operation information of the downward call button 132-3 of the third floor acquired this time is obtained. Is due to the long press operation, the second hall call related to the third floor downward direction is registered. When the second hall call is registered in the hall call registration unit 32, the downward call button 132-3 on the third floor hall operation panel 13-3 and the lower call button 232-3 on the hall operation panel 23-3. Flashes (S9).

  Next, the car assignment control unit 33 assigns a car that responds to the second hall call registered in the hall call registration unit 32. Here, a car 21 of the second elevator 20, which is an elevator different from the first elevator 10, is assigned. When the car 21 is assigned as a response car, a response instruction for the second hall call is generated and transmitted to the corresponding second elevator control device 22 (S10).

  At this time, the first elevator 10 is operated without being affected by the second hall call, and when the car 11 departs from the third floor landing, the response processing to the first hall call is performed. Completion (S11). When the response process to the first hall call is completed, the first hall call is erased from the hall call registration unit 32, and the registered second hall call is recognized as a new first hall call. When the second hall call is recognized as a new first hall call, the downward call button 132-3 on the third floor hall operation panel 13-3 and the lower call button 232- on the hall operation panel 23-3. The blinking of 3 is switched to lighting (S12).

  Thereafter, in the second elevator 20, the processes after step S <b> 4 described above are executed based on the new first hall call. Here, when the call button 132-3 or 232-3 in the downward direction on the third floor is not pressed for a long time in Step S8 ("NO" in S8) and the car 11 departs from the third floor landing, the first The response process to the hall call is completed, and the first hall call is deleted from the hall call registration unit 32 (“YES” in S13, S14). When all response processes to the hall call regarding the floor and direction are completed, the process returns to step S1.

  According to the first embodiment described above, in an elevator system in which a plurality of elevators are group-managed, when a car that arrives in response to a landing call is crowded and a user cannot get in, the car departs. It is possible to quickly and easily perform an operation to call another car without waiting for it to be performed, and the convenience for the user is improved.

<< Second Embodiment >>
Since the configuration of the elevator system 1B according to the second embodiment of the present invention is the same as the configuration of the elevator system 1A described in the first embodiment, a detailed description of portions having the same function is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, when the first hall call is registered in the hall call registration unit 32 of the group management apparatus 30, the corresponding floor and direction call buttons are lit in the normal color (first color tone), and the second When the hall call is registered, the call button is lit in a different color (second color tone) from that when the first hall call is registered. When the response process to the first hall call is completed and the second hall call is recognized as a new first hall call, the call button is switched to light up in the first color tone. .

  According to the second embodiment described above, the user who is at the landing has the same effect as the first embodiment, and that the second hall call is registered during the response process to the first hall call. It is possible to inform in an easy-to-understand manner.

<< Third Embodiment >>
<Configuration of Elevator System Using Group Management Device According to Third Embodiment>
The structure of the elevator system using the group management apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The elevator system 1C according to the present embodiment has hall lanterns 14-1 to 14-4 and 24-1 to 24-4 installed for each elevator in the first to fourth floor elevator halls in the building, Since it is the same as that of the structure of 1 A of elevator systems demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, detailed description of the part which has the same function is abbreviate | omitted.

  The first floor hall lanterns 14-1 and 24-1 are provided with upward lighting sections 141-1 and 241-1, respectively, and the second floor hall lanterns 14-2 and 24-2 are respectively lighted upward. Portions 141-2 and 241-2 and downward lighting portions 142-2 and 242-2 are provided, and the upward lighting portions 141-3 and 241-are respectively provided on the third floor hall lanterns 14-3 and 24-3. 3 and the downward lighting parts 142-3 and 242-3 are provided, and the downward lighting parts 141-4 and 241-4 are provided in the hall lanterns 14-4 and 24-4 on the fourth floor, respectively.

<Operation of Elevator System Using Group Management Device According to Third Embodiment>
An example of the operation of the elevator system 1C according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the present embodiment, switching control of lighting, blinking, and extinguishing of call buttons on each floor is the same as in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the hall call registration unit 32 of the group management device 30 registers a hall call in the third floor downward direction (first hall call), and the car assignment control unit 33 causes the car 11 to be When assigned as a response car, the corresponding downward lighting section 142-3 of the corresponding hall lantern 14-3 (the third floor of the first elevator 10) is turned on (S21 to S23). When the car 11 reaches the third floor (S24), the downward lighting section 142-3 of the lit hall lantern 14-3 switches to blinking (S25).

  Thereafter, a long press operation is performed on the third floor down call button 132-3 or 232-3, and the second hall call in the third floor down direction is registered, and the car assignment control unit 33 sets the car 21 as a response car. When assigned, the downward lighting section 242-2 of the corresponding hall lantern 24-3 (the third floor of the second elevator 20) is turned on (S26 to S30).

  When the response processing to the first hall call is completed, the first hall call is erased from the hall call registration unit 32, and the blinking hall lantern 14-3 downward lighting unit 142-3 is turned off. (S31, S32). In addition, when the response process for the first hall call is completed, the assigned car is used for a call re-recognized from the second hall call to a new first hall call (S32 → S24). When 21 arrives on the third floor (“YES” in S24), the downward lighting section 242-2 of the lit hall lantern 24-3 switches to blinking (S25). Thereafter, in step S28, the call button 132-3 or 232-3 in the third floor downward direction is not pressed for a long time ("NO" in S28), and when the car 11 departs from the third floor landing, 1 is completed, the first hall call is erased from the hall call registration unit 32, and the blinking hall lantern 24-3 downward lighting unit 242-3 is turned off (S33). "YES", S34).

  According to the third embodiment described above, the same effect as that of the first embodiment is obtained, and the car that responds to the first hall call and the car that responds to the second hall call are respectively on the landings. Users can be notified in an easy-to-understand manner.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1A, 1B, 1C ... Elevator system, 10 ... 1st elevator, 11, 21 ... Ride car, 12 ... 1st elevator control apparatus, 13-1 to 13-4, 23-1 to 23-4 ... Hall operation panel, 14-1 to 14-4, 24-1 to 24-4 ... Hall lantern, 20 ... Second elevator, 22 ... Second elevator control device, 30 ... Group management device, 31 ... Operation status information acquisition unit, 32 ... Hall Call registration unit, 33... Car allocation control unit, 131-1 to 131-4, 132-2, 132-3, 231-1 to 231-4, 232-2, 232-3. 141-4, 142-2, 142-3, 241-1 to 241-4, 242-2, 242-3... Lighting section

Claims (3)

In the group management device connected to the hall call button installed on each floor of the building, managing a plurality of elevators in the building,
A first elevator in the plurality of elevators is made to respond to a first hall call registered by operating a hall call button in a predetermined direction row on a predetermined floor, and the elevator car of the first elevator when you are door open and implanted into the predetermined floor, the hall call buttons in a predetermined direction line at the predetermined floor, the different predetermined operation is performed from the normal short press operation, the predetermined direction in the predetermined floor An elevator group management apparatus characterized by registering a second hall call in a row and responding to the second hall call with a second elevator different from the first elevator. 2. When the second hall call is registered, the hall call buttons of the corresponding floor and direction are blinked or lit in a color different from that when the first hall call is registered. The elevator group management device described in 1. It is further connected to a hall lantern installed for each elevator on each floor of the building,
3. The elevator group management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a hall lantern of an elevator to which a corresponding floor responds to the registered hall call is turned on.

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